Friday, February 19, 2010

Friday's Fabulous Woman : Florence Broadhurst

I love Florence Broadhurst's patterns and prints and the collection of her work owned by Signature Prints is magnificent!  Having read the book ‘Florence Broadhurst: Her Secret Extraordinary Lives by Helen O’Neill, I found her to be fabulous, creative in every way, and very much larger than life -- but maybe not that likeable.   Adept at reinvention, this Australian lived life to its fullest in London, Shanghai and Sydney, and was in turn a singer, a dancer, a designer, an artist and a businesswoman.




Images via Architectural Digest and Blanket magazine. . .

7 comments:

Debs said...

I love these Fabulous Women entries. I love these designs as well!

margaret said...

She looks fabulous. Although HOW does she paint in that outfit? Show us how _you_ come up with some of your designs? They are fab, too.

Three Owls said...

What beautiful patterns and colours. Thank you for sharing.

Debs said...

Ooooooh, I'd love it if you showed us how you come up with your designs. What a great idea margaret.

Domestica said...

Oh, I lovelovelove your fabrics! Thought I'd let you know I linked to your site on my blog, www.shopdomestica.com/blog
Gorgeous stuff. Keep up the good work!

Domestica said...

Keep up the Fab Women series - awesome. I love Florence Broadhurst's work - I must have seen something on her while working at a shelter mag, but I think about her papers from time-to-time. If only I have 10 houses:D

david lennie said...

All of Florence Broadhurst glory comes to La Cienega Bvde - in the Scalamandre showroom...wonderful to see en masse